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Posts by Heather Hart

Heather Hart is an internationally best-selling and award-winning author, book marketing expert, and an all-around lover of books who is drawn to all things coffee -- from her morning cup of joe to her coffee bean dress. With a heart for Jesus, Heather loves to help other authors make their dreams come true.

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15+ Places to Promote Your 99 Cent eBook

February 12, 2014 By Heather Hart 36 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Promote Your 99 Cent eBook

Is 99 cents the new free? Several marketers have made that declaration, and while it’s still highly debatable, many authors are running 99 cent promotions. In this post we’ll share over 15 places where you can promote your 99 cent eBook, but first we are going to share several reasons to consider a 99 cent […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Bargain Books, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, marketing, places to promote, websites

Submit Your Questions for our Live Q&A Session

February 10, 2014 By Heather Hart 31 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Announcing Our First Live Quarterly Q&A Session At the end of last year, we asked if you would be interested in live Q&A sessions with us where we answered questions on writing, publishing and marketing books – and you responded with a resounding yes. That’s why I’m excited to let you know that we’re gearing […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Google+ hangouts, hangout, live webinar

The Benefits of Publishing a Book Series

January 29, 2014 By Heather Hart 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

The benefits of publishing a book series are enormous, and there are eBooks, articles, etc. written about this, but I wanted to highlight a few of them here. However, you need to know that I am an avid reader. So instead of just listing out benefits and why they should appeal to you, I wanted […]

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

How To Easily Sell Your PDF eBook

January 20, 2014 By Heather Hart 3 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Over the years, one of the questions I get asked by up-and-coming authors repeatedly is: “How do I sell my eBook from my own website?” And to be quite honest, there hasn’t been an easy answer until now. Before, you’d have to upload it to a file hosting service (like Amazon S3), choose a third […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: authors, tools for authors

21 Book Marketing Tips for Authors

January 13, 2014 By Heather Hart 18 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Are you looking for some tips on marketing your book? As authors, most of us dream of selling more books and getting more exposure – but how do we do that? How do we let others know about our books, without coming across as a sleazy car sales man? In this post, we’ll share 21 […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

Kash In With Kindle

December 30, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

We recently hosted publishing expert, Kristen Eckstein, in a live hangout called, “Kash in with Kindle.” In the hangout Kristen shared: Why Kindle is the place to be (the hard-core numbers may shock you) The secret to pricing your e-book so it best reaches your market How to steer clear of negative credibility-destroying Amazon reviews […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Publishing, Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Book Marketing, google plus, Google+ hangouts, hangouts on air

New In 2014: Live Q&A Sessions

December 23, 2013 By Heather Hart 81 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

As this year draws to a close, we’re looking ahead to 2014 with the hopes of continuing to help you reach for success. One way we have considered doing that would be to host live Q&A sessions via Google Hangouts every few months. Before we make solid plans, we wanted to ask you if you […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Google+ hangouts, hangout, live webinar

Top 10 Blog Posts from 2013

December 16, 2013 By Heather Hart 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

The year is almost over and we have been looking back at all we have written. We started this website/blog earlier this year and have watched it grow. We want to thank all of you for your encouragement, feedback, and continued support you have given us. In this post, we are sharing our top 10 […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

The Ultimate Challenge For Authors

December 9, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Have you heard of Kristen Eckstein? She was one of the contributing authors to our book, “Indie Author Book Marketing Success,” and we have always know her for her “over deliver” work ethic. She has started over 50 publishing companies and published almost 200 books. However, she blew us away with her newest accomplishment. She’s […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, book review, essential books, tools for authors, Writing Tips

How To Write An Effective Book Tweet

December 4, 2013 By Heather Hart 9 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

“How do I write an effective book tweet?” “What hashtags do you use for marketing your book on Twitter?” “What works best to sell a book in a Tweet?” Have you ever asked those questions? All three are questions that I saw on Facebook in one form or another this week, so you are not […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Twitter Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, twitter marketing

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